CB launches Purchasing Managers’ Index

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The Statistics Department of the Central Bank has launched the country’s first-ever Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the manufacturing and services sectors of the country.

The purpose of the survey starting from May was to provide purchasing professionals, business decision-makers and economic analysts with a timely set of data to help better understand industry conditions.

This survey is conducted monthly by the department and it completed one year cycle in April 2016.

The CB released the survey results for the information of the general public on Friday.

The report on the PMI survey results for May 2016 along with the past series of PMI can be accessed via CBSL website under Statistics section which will be updated on monthly basis. See full survey results on Page 5.

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